Free agent G/F Kelenna Azubuike needs anther surgery on his troublesome knee.
It's a really bad turn of events for Azubuike as his first patella tendon operation was botched. "They put his knee back together wrong," a source told the New York Post. Now Azubuike has another long uphill climb to get back on the NBA radar.

Poor kid. He's very talented but probably won't ever be the same b/c of this. Way to go surgeons.

Now it makes sense why nobody even showed interest in him after the Knicks cut him.

Niro

03-22-2011, 01:52 PM

wow that sucks

i hope warriors will pick him up again

ManningToTyree

03-22-2011, 02:01 PM

He was supposed to contribute in a big way for the Knicks but never got out of a suit because of this. He is talented and I hope he can salvage whats left of his career after another rehab stint.

NBAkYD

03-22-2011, 02:06 PM

that sucks, I remember his being a great story after the Warriors called him up from the D-League. Hopefully he can find his inner Chad Pennington and just keep coming back.

DenButsu

03-22-2011, 02:09 PM

Man, that's terrible. I really liked his game last season, and was hoping he'd recover more quickly. Hope they get the 2nd one right. :/

Lake_Show2416

03-22-2011, 02:11 PM

sucks... he's a good player with a nice skill set

WolvesJagsOs

03-22-2011, 04:21 PM

that really sucks.

Gloucester

03-22-2011, 07:05 PM

can he sue for malpractice? holy hell, I would sue till the cows come home if I was in his shoes.

-Kobe24-TJ19-

03-22-2011, 07:18 PM

wow thats terrible, he hasnt played like 2 years, and now this.....:(

Bruno

03-22-2011, 07:19 PM

That's really sad. Like Brandon Roy sad. Best of luck to Azubike; he should sue if he isn't able to return to NBA forum.

Gram

03-22-2011, 07:25 PM

Damn man....I liked the guy alot. Underated defender imo.

Chronz

03-22-2011, 07:36 PM

I will never again say what a waste threads are when they simply say so and so surgery was successful

Soxfan54

03-22-2011, 07:42 PM

Poor kid. He's very talented but probably won't ever be the same b/c of this. Way to go surgeons.

Now it makes sense why nobody even showed interest in him after the Knicks cut him.

Dude im sure he had one of the best surgeons in the world. Sometimes things don't go as planned or complications happen that are out of the doc's control. Im not saying they ****ed up but a surgery can be "botched" for a lot of different reasons

DROSE4MVP

03-22-2011, 07:48 PM

Too bad for him, he's a very special talent.

But how the hell do you 'botch' surgery? I mean, I know you can have complications after it or something, but I never heard someone 'botch' surgery. If I was KA, I would sue that surgeon.

Crackadalic

03-22-2011, 07:52 PM

Which is why we cut him. Its sad that we did though. When healthy he could have easily been our best player at the 2 guard. Wish him luck

championships

03-22-2011, 07:55 PM

Wow That's a bad deal for him. Not very often you hear of botched surgeries on athletes. Hopefully some teams give this guy a chance to come back when he heals.

shizzle09

03-22-2011, 07:57 PM

ouch, that blows. poor kid.

DaLakerz Rulz

03-22-2011, 08:07 PM

I think you would be surprised how often mistakes are made during surgeries - there are so many different things that could go wrong. You just don't see it too often with athletes because they have access to some of the most experienced orthopedic surgeons.

Either way I feel bad for Azubuike...hope he can get back on track.

Too bad for him, he's a very special talent.

But how the hell do you 'botch' surgery? I mean, I know you can have complications after it or something, but I never heard someone 'botch' surgery. If I was KA, I would sue that surgeon.

tromo9

03-22-2011, 08:08 PM

hate to hear about a guy who worked his *** off to make it out of the d league career possibly end like this